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Aleah Beckerle's memorial was dedicated at 2910 Diego Drive in Evansville Saturday morning. The 19-year-old Beckerle, whose body was found in March of this year after being reported missing from her bedroom on July 17, 2016, was laid to rest Tuesday, April 11, 2017. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS

Cara Beckerele, left, receives a hug from her mom, Kacy Beckerle as Lydia Larue, right, talks about her granddaughter, Aleah Beckerle, at the dedication of the memorial to the young woman who was kidnapped from her home in July of 2016 and found dead seven months later. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS

Raelene Stinson of Evansville, walks away from 1628 South Bedford Avenue after taking photos of a memorial set up for Aleah Beckerle, Thursday, March 30, 2017. Aleah Beckerle, a 19-year-old disabled woman was last seen at her home on East Iowa Street in July. Her body was discovered in the vacant home on Monday evening, "I didn't know her, but I felt like knew her, this is sad," Stinson said. Alex Slitz / Courier & Press

Cara Beckerle, mother to 19-year-old Aleah Beckerle, is overcome with emotion while standing in Aleah's bedroom at her home in Evansville, Friday, Aug, 26, 2016. Aleah was last seen in here home on East Iowa Street on July, 17. Alex Slitz / Courier & Press

Lydia LaRue, grandmother to 19-year-old Aleah Beckerle, sits in Aleah’s bedroom at her home in Evansville, Friday, Aug, 26, 2016. Aleah was last seen in here home on East Iowa Street on July, 17.Lydia LaRue, grandmother to 19-year-old Aleah Beckerle, sits in Aleah's bedroom at her home in Evansville, Friday, Aug, 26, 2016. Aleah was last seen in here home on East Iowa Street on July, 17. Alex Slitz / Courier & Press

Joyce Burkstead of Evansville, adds a flower to a makeshift memorial in front of Aleah Beckerle'e home on East Iowa Street, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Beckerle, 19, who was non-verbal and wheelchair bound was reported missing from her East Iowa Street home on July 17. Alex Slitz / Courier & Press

A memorial sits in front of Aleah Beckerle's home on East Iowa Street, Wednesday, March 29, 2017. Beckerle's body was discovered in an abandoned home on South Bedford Avenue Monday. Alex Slitz / Courier & Press

Brad and Kellie Waller, both of Evansville, (from left) along with others search for Aleah Beckerle along Wolf Hills Road in Henderson, Saturday, July 30, 2016. More than 50 people came out Saturday to search for Beckerle who has been missing since July, 17. Alex Slitz / Courier & Press

Otis Pruitt, left, of Evansville bows in prayer along with others during a birthday party and service for Aleah Beckerle, the missing woman who turns 20 this week, at St. Lucas United Church of Christ in Evansville Saturday. About 50 people attended the event for Beckerle who was reported missing July 17. Jason Clark / Courier & Press

Cara Beckerle, mother of missing Aleah Beckerle, holds on to a balloon during a birthday party and service for the woman who turns 20 this week at St. Lucas United Church of Christ in Evansville Saturday. About 50 people attended the event for Aleah who was reported missing July 17. Jason Clark / Courier & Press

Cara Beckerle, right, mother of missing Aleah Beckerle weeps with her mother Lydia LaRue during a birthday party and service for the girl who turns 20 this week at St. Lucas United Church of Christ in Evansville Saturday. About 50 people attended the event for Aleah who was reported missing July 17. Jason Clark / Courier & Press

Friends and family members of Aleah Beckerle release balloons during a birthday party and service for the girl who turns 20 this week at St. Lucas United Church of Christ in Evansville Saturday. About 50 people attended the event for Aleah who was reported missing July 17. Jason Clark / Courier & Press

Friends and family of Aleah Beckerle form a large prayer circle as they wait as members of the Evansville Police Dept., Vanderburgh Co., Sheriff's Dept., and the FBI conduct a long search of what was apparently a shallow grave containing animal remains near Weinbach Avenue and Interstate 69 in Evansville Thursday. Jason Clark

Aleah Beckerle's sister Carly Roach, right, receives a hug from good friend Isabelle Rivet as friends and family of the missing girl wait as members of the Evansville Police Dept., Vanderburgh Co., Sheriff's Dept., and the FBI conduct a long search of what was apparently a shallow grave containing animal remains near Weinbach Avenue and Interstate 69 in Evansville Thursday. Jason Clark

Family and supporters of Aleah Beckerle – the young woman who was abducted from her bedroom and later died – exit the Vanderburgh County Superior Court in the Civic Center around 1:30 a.m. Thursday morning, May 24, 2018. Terrence Roach was convicted of criminal confinement at abuse of a corpse, but found innocent for the most serious felony murder charges. The jury had been in deliberations for more than 11 hours before handing the judge the verdicts. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS

Family and friends of Aleah Beckerle wait for the jury to come to a verdict at the Civic Center Wednesday night. The jury deliberated for more than 11 hours and came in with a verdict absolving Terrence Roach of felony murder, kidnapping and burglary charges, but found him guilty of criminal confinement and abuse of a corpse. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS

The curtained-partition is pulled back so guests at Vanderburgh County Superior Court can proceed to the courtroom at about 1 a.m. Thursday morning. Family, friends and media waited for more than 11 hours for the verdict to come in from the jurors working on Terrence Roach's case. Roach was on trial for her kidnapping and murder. Roach was found innocent of felony murder, kidnapping and burglary charges, but found guilty of criminal confinement and abuse of a corpse. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS

Dawn Eastwood watches the proceedings in the Vanderburgh County Superior Court from an outside window as the verdict is read in the Terrence Roach trial at about 1 a.m. Thursday morning, May 24, 2018. Eastwood is Roach's mom and, according to a friend, didn't feel safe viewing the proceedings from inside the courtroom. Terrence Roach was on trial for the murder of Aleah Beckerle. He was found innocent for the most serious felony murder charges, but was convicted of criminal confinement and abuse of a corpse. The jury had been in deliberations for more than 11 hours before handing the judge the verdicts. DENNY SIMMONS / COURIER & PRESS

During the jail call, Roach asks his mom to delete some of his Facebook posts.

Roach: “I don’t want to go to prison.”

Eastwood: “You’re probably going to have to claim insanity or something.”

Throughout the conversation, played to the jury Tuesday, Eastwood expressed disbelief about what her son was telling her. She asked Roach if he was going to just feed Beckerle and "hang out with her" for a few days.

"That was the plan," Roach said.

Roach also told his mom he was “real high on K2," during the call. Roach’s mom asks him how he carried Beckerle, and he said he cradled her in his arms.

On the call he said, “I didn’t plan on killing her...she died on her own.”

Roach said he opened and reached through Beckerle's bedroom window, pulled her off her bed and through the window and then carried her to his truck.

However, he told her that he did not know that Beckerle, who was disabled and unable to walk or talk, needed to be fed through a tube and that she needed daily medication.

Eastwood also pushed Roach about whether he told anybody about it during the nearly nine months Beckerle was missing, but Roach said he never told anybody.

Investigators discuss how Beckerle was found

The tip about Aleah Beckerle's body came from a jail inmate who was told about it by his girlfriend, who texted Detective Brent Melton a picture of the remains in hopes of a deal to get out of jail. That girlfriend, Cathy Murray, never reported the remains until then.

Melton testified that he believed Roach's story "a hundred percent." However, he said he found no signs of disturbance outside her window or in the backyard through which Roach said he carried Beckerle.

Melton also said that when he arrived at the Iowa Street house on the day Beckerle disappeared that the windows appeared locked and crime scene detectives told him there were no signs of forced entry.

Evansville Detective Jeff Hands testified about how he was able to recreate Roach’s statement about how he took Beckerle from her home.

Hands said the window could be opened from outside, and he could stand there and reach Beckerle’s bed with his hand. He also testified that he is several inches taller than Roach.

Another witness in the trial, Evansville police crime scene detective Phil Luecke, went to the vacant house on South Bedford Avenue where Beckerle was located.

He said it was unlivable, in disrepair and strewn with trash.

Her body was found upstairs in what Luecke said was an attic. The body was on a mattress and covered in old clothes and junk. A sheet was nailed over the window, and the attic was full of trash.

Forensic analyst reviews evidence found at scene

An autopsy of Beckerle took place two days later, on March 29, 2017.

Luecke said a wad of duct tape was found by her head, under a seat cushion that was on top of her.

The jury viewed photos of the body and the attic.

During his testimony, Luecke said a cigarette butt was among about 20 items sent to the Indiana State Police lab for testing. The cigarette butt was found in the body bag at the autopsy, and Luecke can’t say how it got there.

Nicole Hoffman, state police DNA forensic analyst, testified that Roach’s DNA was found on the duct tape discovered on and around Beckerle's body in one of 23 samples she analyzed from the tape.

Hoffman's analysis excluded the DNA profiles of Beckerle’s mother Cara Beckerle, sisters and many others, meaning the DNA matches Roach but not those others.

The DNA on the cigarette butt matched Roach. There was also was one unidentifiable bit of DNA on the cigarette butt in addition to Roach’s DNA.

Dr. James Jacobi, the pathologist who did Beckerle's autopsy is scheduled to appear at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday. He will be the prosecution's final witness. Defense attorney Glenn Grampp is expected to call several witnesses.